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Categories: Blog Tags: attitude, Dream Job, entrepreneurship, linkedin, offers, recruiting, resume, SBN, Social Branding Network, Startup You have been sitting around the house, following SBN and applying for jobs for MONTHS. And finally you get it- Your first job offer. Everything seems glorious except for 1 thing: you just interviewed for your DREAM first job yesterday. And the dance begins Murphy’s Law states that (bear with my while I get technical): You WILL get multiple offers in a short time frame and you WILL have to do some manoeuvring to get the one you really want. The good ... Continue Reading →
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AUG Categories: Blog Tags: attitude, Dream Job, entrepreneurship, linkedin, offers, recruiting, resume, SBN, Social Branding Network, Startup For EA: {EAV:1830df7c1788f7d4} If you’ve been following along, you know now that we all are going to be starting at the bottom. So I have to ask, why not start at the bottom of your own company so you can parachute into the middle of someone elses!? There’s a bajillions (literally… it’s a real number) of blogs talking about the benefits of being your own boss, making your own hours, etc, ... Continue Reading →
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JUN Categories: Blog, How To Get A Job Scenario: You have designed, aligned, and coordinated a large national program that won’t be launched for 1 month. You and all of your management agree that it’s going to be successful and you have some solid estimates (based on other companies implementations) of the results you expect, including its cost savings, customer satisfaction improvements, etc. You are ALSO looking for a job outside of work hours. How do you represent this huge project you are working on your resume? If ... Continue Reading →
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MAY Categories: Blog Tags: attitude, ethics, forecasting, interview, Morals, sales, SBN, Social Branding Network Not Everyone has to start at the bottom. After all, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know! While this may be true in general, in today’s job market you need to be willing to start from the bottom… the VERY bottom. It’s not a test of whether you can operate at a higher level, it’s a test of whether you can bring the great attitude you ... Continue Reading →
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MAY Categories: Blog, How To Get A Job Tags: Account Executive, attitude, economy, linkedin, recruiting, resume, sales, SBN, Social Branding Network, WORST Meet Tara. She is an amazing graphics artist based out of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I can say she’s amazing because SBN has hired her to do some design work for us! She even does iOS icons! So Cool! Tara came to us with a great portfolio and a vision to work at a design company called Snowed-In Studios. I’ve known ... Continue Reading →
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MAY Tags: client, cover letter, Dream Job, friend, interview, linkedin, quantify, resume, SBN, Social Branding Network, testimonial, Twitter “I would never do that job” ”I deserve this job” ”I’m overqualified for this role” Have you heard these words before? Perhaps you heard it from a friend, or a family member, or maybe even… yourself. These words are not only detrimental to one’s job search, but they demonstrate that a poor attitude is holding you back from securing and enjoying a meaningful career. Next time you talk to someone who ... Continue Reading →
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APR Categories: Blog, How To Get A Job Tags: attitude, cover letter, hunger, linkedin, perception, resume, SBN, Social Branding Network, social media Over the past few weeks, I’ve had a few trusted colleagues give me ideas for blog posts that would help them or people they know in their job search. One of my favourite blogs (http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/) has this cool series where he explains how his investing process is outlined. He then keeps these posts featured on his homepage so that anyone who visits the blog has an idea on what he’s up to. SBN is going to take this idea and reapply ... Continue Reading →
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APR Categories: Blog, How To Get A Job For SBN’s first official post, we’re going to dive right into the good stuff! There has been a lot of chatter recently over the trend of employers asking for the Facebook profile passwords of their potential employees. Some pundits say its fair game while Facebook has come out against the practice. Our take is that you should NEVER give out any of your personal passwords, but that you should be prepared for the question and be ... Continue Reading →
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APR Categories: Blog Tags: facebook, interview, linkedin, password, privacy, recruiting, SBN, Social Branding Network, social media, Tweet, Twitter Happy Monday morning! For those who have been following my saga over the last 2 weeks, you’ll know that this is my first experience setting up and designing my own WordPress blog/website. Overall, the experience was very rewarding and I’m excited to put the finishing touches on this version and publish version 1.0 of the website over the next few days. I have most of the basic structure of the website set up, but there is still a lot of copy to ... Continue Reading →
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